It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
BILLY JOELIt took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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